The revenue, bombay, 1842
| Coming into Force | 28 October 1842 |
| Date | 28 October 1842 |
| Act Number | 13 |
| Enactment Date | 28 October 1842 |
| Record Number | 184213 |
| Court | Ministry of home affairs |
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THE REVENUE, BOMBAY, 1842
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ACT NO.13 OF 1842
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Passed by the Hon’ble the President of the Council of India in Council, on the 28th of October, 1842, with
the assent of the Right hon’ble the Governor General of India.
An Act to enable the holders of Revenue which has been alienated to them by the State, to collect that
Revenue within the Presidency of Bombay.
I. Whereas it is expedient to authorize the grant by the Governor in Council of Bombay, at his
discretion, of Commissions to certain Jageerdars, and others, by virtue of which such persons shall posses
increased powers for collecting the Revenue due to them; —
It is hereby enacted, that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council of Bombay, to grant any
Jageerdar, Surinjamdar, Inamdar, or other person holding Lands or Villages the Revenue of which has been
alienated to him by the State, a Commission conferring upon him authority for the collection of such
Revenue by the powers hereinafter mentioned, or such of them as shall be specified in the Commission in
addition to the powers now exercisable by law.
II. And it is hereby enacted, that such Commission, which shall be drawn out according to the form of
the annexed Schedule A, shall be granted or withheld, and, when granted, shall be liable to be withdrawn
at the pleasure of Government, and that it may, if the Governor in Council of Bombay see fit, be issued to
one or more Agents of such holder of alienated Revenue as well as to the holder in person.
III. And it is hereby enacted, that the holder of such Commission shall have authority to demand
security for the payment of the Revenue, in respect of the Lands or Villages specified in the Commission,
and if the same be not furnished, to take such precaution as the Collector is authorized to make under
Section XI, Regulation XVII, of 1827, Bombay Code.
IV. And it is hereby enacted, that the holder of such Commission shall have authority to send Mohussuls
on Defaulters under the Provisions of Clauses 2,3, and 5, Section XII, Regulation XVII of 1827, Bombay
Code, provided that one foot Mohussul only be employed in each case, and that the Mohussulee shall cease
on the enforcement of any other remedy for the collection of the Revenue, except the taking of such security
as aforesaid.
V. And it is hereby enacted, that the holder of any such Commission shall be authorized to attach the
property of persons making default in the payment of such Revenue as aforesaid, making an immediate
report to the Collector or his Assistant of the his having done so, and should the demand on account of
which the attachment may be made appear to the Collector or his Assistant to be just, he shall give orders
for the sale of such property, and the sale shall be conducted agreeably to the Provisions of clause VII,
Section XII, Regulation XVII, of 1827, Bombay Code, except in cases in which the holder of the
Commission by whom the attachment has been made shall be a Jageerdar, Surinjamdar or Inamdar, vested
by Regulation XIII, of 1830, with Civil jurisdiction and with power to execute his own decrees or his
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